From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 08:11:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFE1216A4D0 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:11:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.speakeasy.net (mail1.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9001D43D2D for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:11:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 8449 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2004 15:11:45 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 4 Jun 2004 15:11:45 -0000 Received: from 10.50.41.233 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i54FBfeD081580; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:11:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:12:28 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <17628.1086360071@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <17628.1086360071@critter.freebsd.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406041112.28276.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include/pc bios.h src/sys/i386/i386 bios.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:11:58 -0000 On Friday 04 June 2004 10:41 am, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <200406041033.37313.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes: > >On Thursday 03 June 2004 06:36 pm, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> phk 2004/06/03 15:36:24 PDT > >> > >> FreeBSD src repository > >> > >> Modified files: > >> sys/i386/include/pc bios.h > >> sys/i386/i386 bios.c > >> Log: > >> Add new bios_string() which will hunt for a string inside a given > >> range of the BIOS. This can be used for finding arbitrary magic in the > >> BIOS in order to recognize particular platforms. > > > >It this very different from bios_sigsearch()? > > It is not limited to the system bios (0xe0000..0xfffff) but allows you > to specify the exact range you're interested in. Perhaps one should be implemented in terms of the other then? Hmm, you can probably use this to replace 'search_for_sig()' in mptable.c as well. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org